Premier League time spent leading or trailing during matches

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Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  37 42% 49.4% 8.6% Aston Villa  37 23.2% 51.8% 25% Bournemouth  37 29.1% 52.8% 18% Brentford  37 29% 45% 25.9% Brighton  37 26.6% 45.7% 27.7% Burnley  37 9.3% 46.4% 44.3% Chelsea  37 29.6% 43.1% 27.3% Crystal Palace  37 20.4% 55.9% 23.7% Everton  37 26.3% 48.8% 24.9% Fulham  37 20.8% 54.5% 24.7% Leeds Utd  37 23.8% 56% 20.2% Liverpool  37 26.8% 52.6% 20.6% Manchester City  37 47.5% 44.9% 7.7% Manchester Utd  37 36.2% 45% 18.8% Newcastle Utd  37 29.3% 49.6% 21.1% Nottm Forest  37 19.2% 52.2% 28.6% Sunderland  37 15.3% 59.6% 25.1% Tottenham  37 19.4% 44.2% 36.4% West Ham Utd  37 20.7% 49% 30.3% Wolverhampton  37 7.9% 48.4% 43.7% League average 25.1% 49.7% 25.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 47.3% 43.9% 8.9% Aston Villa  19 33.3% 45.7% 21% Bournemouth  19 28.4% 57.8% 13.9% Brentford  19 35.8% 44.7% 19.5% Brighton  18 40.6% 41.5% 17.9% Burnley  18 12.3% 49% 38.7% Chelsea  19 34.2% 46.8% 18.9% Crystal Palace  18 15.1% 61.3% 23.6% Everton  19 27.3% 43.9% 28.8% Fulham  18 27.9% 54.9% 17.2% Leeds Utd  19 30.8% 55.5% 13.7% Liverpool  18 42.3% 47.9% 9.8% Manchester City  18 57.9% 38.7% 3.4% Manchester Utd  19 48.6% 33.8% 17.6% Newcastle Utd  19 33.3% 49.4% 17.3% Nottm Forest  18 16.1% 66% 17.9% Sunderland  18 20.6% 62.6% 16.8% Tottenham  18 17% 43.1% 39.9% West Ham Utd  18 23.6% 58.6% 17.8% Wolverhampton  19 13.3% 51.3% 35.3% League average 30.4% 49.7% 19.9% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  18 36.5% 55.2% 8.3% Aston Villa  18 12.6% 58.2% 29.2% Bournemouth  18 29.9% 47.6% 22.5% Brentford  18 21.8% 45.4% 32.8% Brighton  19 13.3% 49.6% 37% Burnley  19 6.4% 44% 49.6% Chelsea  18 24.7% 39.2% 36.1% Crystal Palace  19 25.5% 50.8% 23.7% Everton  18 25.3% 54% 20.7% Fulham  19 14% 54.2% 31.8% Leeds Utd  18 16.5% 56.6% 26.9% Liverpool  19 12.2% 57% 30.9% Manchester City  19 37.6% 50.7% 11.7% Manchester Utd  18 23.1% 56.9% 20% Newcastle Utd  18 25.1% 49.8% 25.1% Nottm Forest  19 22.1% 39.1% 38.8% Sunderland  19 10.4% 56.7% 32.9% Tottenham  19 21.7% 45.3% 33% West Ham Utd  19 18% 39.9% 42.2% Wolverhampton  18 2.2% 45.2% 52.5% League average 19.9% 49.7% 30.4%

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types